Duodecimo. Bound in full purple morocco with a harlequin pattern with crucifixes encased in a double line border, all in gilt, lettered and decorated in gilt to spine. With a decorative gold metal clasp. All edges gilt. Silk moire endpapers. Small pictorial book mark with gift inscription on New Years 1877 loosely laid in.
 
A very good example. Binding very slightly rubbed, pages slightly toned, inner hinge cracked but holding.